#CB8042#CB8042

#CB8042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.121 H 58.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8042
RGB	rgb(203, 128, 66)
HSL	hsl(27, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(27, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, 23.44, 44.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 50.61, 62.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.7% 0.064 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(66.7% 0.121 58)
XYZ	xyz(33.3337, 28.5314, 8.9048)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8042 #428DCB

analogous

#CB4249 #CB8042 #CBC442

triadic

#CB8042 #42CB80 #8042CB

tetradic

#CB8042 #49CB42 #428DCB #C442CB

square

#CB8042 #49CB42 #428DCB #C442CB

split-complementary

#CB8042 #42CBC4 #4249CB

monochromatic

#734520 #A3622D #CB8042 #D8A072 #E5C1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#CB8042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#CB8042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8042

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8042	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96873C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7072

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 128, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.121 58.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a579',
    500: '#cb8042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8042;
$custom-light: #e0a579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.153,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.667,
    "c": 0.1209,
    "h": 58
  },
  "luminance": 0.28528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8042

secondary

#97B7D2

accent

#9BE048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8042

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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